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Help, what linux operating system do i install?

I am using a mac osx 10.5.7
I am using Parallels.
I have a big enough cd to burn backtrack 3 onto, which i will do as soon as i find out what linux operating system to use. Right now i am just using an iso file to boot off of.
I need to know what linux operating system to use, the list of choices are:

I don't have a linux install disk, the Parallels Program has them pre-installed
I tried using Ubuntu Linux but it freezes at the backtrack loading screen.Floppy Drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M is the last thing that comes up on the screen is there away that i c an post a pic of it?
Thanks in advance Shane.

PS. I would prefer to use backtrack 4 cause i am using a RT73 Device for injection, but i don't know if the Beta-release has the drivers already installed or if the pre release does?

I assume you want to know which version of Linux you should configure Parallels to use for the BackTrack VM. AS you may have been able to gather from the responses you have got so far, this wasn't very clear.

Try in this order:

Other Linux Kernel 2.6

Debian GNU/Linux

Other Linux

Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".

well that didnt work either, listen i know i can boot it and it worked, i did it off a friends cd but i lost contact with him. so i know i can run it. the problem is i dont really know what iso file to grab? i got a RT73 injection device, do i take backtrack4, or backtrack3, and what version type

well that didnt work either, listen i know i can boot it and it worked, i did it off a friends cd but i lost contact with him. so i know i can run it. the problem is i dont really know what iso file to grab? i got a RT73 injection device, do i take backtrack4, or backtrack3, and what version type

again i am using parallels on a Mac OSX 10.5.7
Thanks Shane

A simple Google search tells me that people have been able to run both BackTrack 3 and 4 Beta in Parallels, and I wouldnt be surprised if 4 Prefinal works too. If it doesn't work for you maybe you have a bad ISO image file. Did you check the hash for your downloaded image?

Capitalisation is important. It's the difference between "Helping your brother Jack off a horse" and "Helping your brother jack off a horse".

i got the full iso to download from remote-exploit.0rg/backtrack_download.htmI, i donwload both the bt3-final.iso and that bt3final_usb.iso, both hang/freeze after floppy(s) 1.44 thing, is there a video to help me get through this or am i at the wrong site for the iso, i was trying to install bt3 but i dont know if i should try bt4? remember i am using a rt73, the less installing for this driver the easier i can be in the forums, thanks for the help so far.
Thanks Shane

i got the full iso to download from remote-exploit.0rg/backtrack_download.htmI, i donwload both the bt3-final.iso and that bt3final_usb.iso, both hang/freeze after floppy(s) 1.44 thing, is there a video to help me get through this or am i at the wrong site for the iso, i was trying to install bt3 but i dont know if i should try bt4? remember i am using a rt73, the less installing for this driver the easier i can be in the forums, thanks for the help so far.
Thanks Shane

Thats the right download location. You checked the MD5 hash of your downloaded image file and matched it against the one listed on the download page didn't you? Always do this if you're having problems with downloaded images...